Least action nodal solutions for the quadratic Choquard equation

By Marco Ghimenti, Vitaly Moroz, Jean Van Schaftingen. 2015

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We prove the existence of a minimal action nodal solution for the quadratic Choquard equation $$ -\Delta u + u = \big(I_\alpha \ast |u|^2\big)u \quad\text{in }\; \mathbb R^N,$$ where $I_\alpha$ is the Riesz potential of order $\alpha\in(0,N)$. The solution is constructed as the limit of minimal action nodal solutions for the nonlinear Choquard equations $$ -\Delta u + u = \big(I_\alpha \ast |u|^p\big)|u|^{p-2}u \quad\text{in }\; \mathbb R^N$$ when $p\searrow 2$. The existence of minimal action nodal solutions for $p>2$ can be proved using a variational minimax procedure over Nehari nodal set. No minimal action nodal solutions exist when $p<2$.

Subfields: Applied Mathematics, Computational Theory and Mathematics

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